Physicists may now be able to explain why the universe did not collapse immediately after…
Month: November 2014
Going against the flow: Targeting bacterial motility to combat disease
The ability to move enables many bacteria to reach a specific niche or to leave…
Ferroptosis, a novel form of non-apoptotic cell death, holds great therapeutic potential
Ferroptosis is a recently recognized form of regulated necrosis. Up until now, this form of…
Recycling Styrofoam into rigid plastic
Mexican entrepreneurs designed the first national machine capable of recycling Styrofoam (expanded polystyrene) and transform…
Mechanisms behind ‘Mexican waves’ in brain revealed by scientists
Scientists have revealed the mechanisms that enable certain brain cells to persuade others to create…
Unexpected cross-species contamination in genome sequencing projects
As genome sequencing has gotten faster and cheaper, the pace of whole-genome sequencing has accelerated,…
Viruses impaired if their targets have diverse genes
When a viral infection spread through five genetically identical mice in a row, the virus…
New school meal requirements: More harm than good?
New federal regulations requiring school meals to contain more whole grains, less saturated fat and…
Alcohol taxes can improve health, lead to more jobs
Alcohol tax increases reduce the harms resulting from excessive alcohol consumption, and may lead to…
Formal protocol for ultra-early treatment of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
A formal protocol for delivering emergency treatment to patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) from ruptured…